An Autopsy Case of Iatrogenic Tracheoesophageal Fistula Secondary to Tracheostomy

作者：Menezes Ritesh G; Pant Sadip^*; Prasad Sampath Chandra; Padubidri Jagadish Rao; Prabhu Prashanth; Monteiro Francis N P; Kanchan Tanuj; Prahalad Raghavendra Babu Yallapur; Bhagavath Prashantha; Achar Manjunath Sathyanarayan; Lasrado Savita

来源：American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2014, 35(2): 77-79.

DOI：10.1097/PAF.0000000000000042

• autopsy
• trauma
• airway
• airway management
• trachea
• tracheostomy
• tracheostomy tube
• tracheal intubation
• tracheoesophageal fistula

Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is an uncommon but life-threatening sequel of prolonged use of a cuffed tracheostomy tube. We describe a patient who developed a TEF after a tracheostomy done for management of head injury due to a road traffic mishap. The patient subsequently died of sepsis after bilateral bronchopneumonia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first autopsy case of iatrogenic TEF after tracheal intubation reported in forensic literature.

• 出版日期2014-6